Motivational Speaker: Santa Claus

Motivational speakers offer you hope. Santa offers you hope. Poor Santa, he makes too many promises that he can’t keep.

He offers hope. You ask for a pony – he tells you that all you need to do is be good. You want a Wii, cabbage patch doll, cell phone, Ipod…

You just need to be good. Santa is a motivational speaker. He tells you that you can have what you want. All you need to do is be good.

Like many motivational speakers, Santa promises more than he should. That doesn’t mean that Santa is bad. He means well. But like too many motivational speakers he promises you happiness without effort. The reality is that you can have whatever you want – if you are willing to do what you need to do.

Santa Claus is a motivational speaker. He visits once a year, makes promises than disappears for a year. If he motivates you to do better or be better then that is ok.

Wonderful presentation by Dewitt Jones at TEDxWatch it the first time to enjoy the delivery, the visuals and his inspiring message.Then watch it again to notice his technique and delivery for:Repetition of his key messageSelf-effacing humourUse of metaphor - change the lens to change your lifeSurprise - Does your camera have juice in it?Pacing and pausingThe […]